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Oct 25, 2005

"The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn." --Ralph Waldo Emerson

Learning from Trees

Nobel Peace Laureate Whagari Maathai's brilliance is her ability to connect economic development, environment protection, and social justice with the simple act of planting a tree. She has managed to create a sustainable fuel, curtail deforestation and erosion, fight for education, campaign for women's rights, and challenge government corruption by mobilizing thousands of poor woman to plant 30 million trees in Kenya.